Embracing Wikipedia in the University Classroom Dr Toni Sant School of Arts and New Media – Scarborough Campus.

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Embracing Wikipedia in the University Classroom Dr Toni Sant School of Arts and New Media – Scarborough Campus

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Wikipedia is the Devil Toni Sant | 2012 | 2 THE GOLDEN RULE: Do not quote Wikipedia unless youre writing about this significant wiki project and/or you want to compare its contents with those in a scholarly source such as a book or an article in an academic journal. Do not quote other encyclopedias or dictionaries either! Use Wikipedia as a spring board for further research

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School of Arts & New Media Since 2009/10 – Applied and Interactive Theatre 2 for Theatre & Performance students Since 2010/11 – Psychology of Internet Behaviour for Web Design & Development students From 2012/13 – Interaction, Experience & Engagement for Digital Art & Design students

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The Assignment Create a Wikipedia page about… OR Edit an existing Wikipedia page about… – Article subject choices depend on course materials – Content is given more importance when assignment is for a module not focused on aspects of Internet studies directly